Brush-making



(No Model.)

B. I. MILLER.

BRUSH MAKING. 7 No. 391,378. Patented Oct. 16, 1888.

INVENTOR \MWWM,

UNITED STATES EDWARD I. MILLER, OF NEW. YORK,

PATENT OFFICE.

N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF THREE-FOURTHS TO SCHWVARTZ & GRAFF, AUGUSTUS ROSS, FRANK G. ROGERS, AND HARRY P. SOH\VARTZ, ALL OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BRUSH- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 391,378, dated October 16, 1888.

Application filed October 24, 1887. Serial No. 153215. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD I. MILLER, of the city of New York, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in BrushMaking, of which the followingis the description.

Hy invention relates to brooms in which the material composing the body is wound or bound around a central core or red, and more particularly to circular brooms made of broom corn or straw.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents the broom as completed, and Fig. 2 a vertical section of the same in a plane passing through the center.

The body B of the brush is made of broomcorn or other suitable material circularly arranged, and is bound or wound around the periphery ofthe central rod or c0re,O. Around 2c this body the casing-straws are fastened, being bound to the central rod a little higher up than the body-straws. This binding of the straws to the periphery of the central rod or core, 0, may be efi'ected by binding or wrapping with ivire or cord, and is suiiiciently illustrated in The handle A is made of wood, and has its lower end greatly enlarged and hollowed out, so as to form a cup or receptacle, which is shaped so as to correspond, in a general way, with the shape of the shoulder of the broom, and this cup socket or seat is preferably supplemen ted with an annular recess above theline a a to receive the upper or inner end of the core 0 and the casing-straws of the broom, so 5 as to form a secure seat for the core and protect the straws. Within this cup of the bandle A the shoulder or top of the body of the broom is placed and fastened by means of a screw, D, passing through the rod or core C,to 0 which the straw is securely bound and screwed into the solid part of the handle. The depth of the receptacle is such that the straws are only gently held in place by the surrounding cup of the handle. The bending of the straws 1,5 can consequently take place all the way from the point of binding to the central core in every direction except backward. This gives the brush great flexibility and durability and avoids breaking of the straw.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- The circular whisk-broom having the straws thereof bound to the periphery of a hollow rod or core and fastened to a handle by means of a screw passing through said core into said handle, said handle having a cupshaped end loosely enveloping the broom-straws and extending over the outside or periphery of the hollow core, which is seated in said cup, substantially as described.

EDW'ARD I. MILLER. NVitnesses:

O. H. MoEEHoUsE, GUY SAYLES.

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